You're welcome Andrew!

And thanks for the compliments everyone!


Travis- Derek is right about eating a protein bar at work. That's why they call them meal replacements!

I'm lucky that I get 2 breaks and a lunch at work. So for my first break I eat a bagel, a cup of lowfat cottage cheese and yogurt, and a cup of grapes with a bottle of water.

My lunch break is rice and tuna and a can of diet pop. These two meals have been the same for the last two years.

At home my breakfast is cereal and coffee, and my dinner is usually a wrap made with chicken. Around 10pm I have a last meal. When I'm strict with my diet it's an omlette made with three eggs and some shredded cheddar cheese.

So I eat 5 times a day. My largest meals are at work during the day, and before my workout.

Nighttime cravings are hard to overcome! Much like ADC I love chocolate too! But what I do is have a small handfull of semi-sweet chocolate chips! About one small handfull (roughly two teaspoons worth) is enough to get me past my craving. If I'm really being "bad" I'll have some peanut butter with it.

When I indulge I love sour ju-jubes! I know there are about 800-1000 calories in the package I buy and it will take me two or three days to finish it off.

It's very true that the longer you go without junkfood the less you will crave it. That is because there is definitely a physical addiction going on here! The more I eat those ju-jubes, the more I want to keep buying them! I force myself to stay away for a long while.

Back in 2005 (before I had gotten back into training/dieting), I was eating anything I liked. One of my favourite late night snacks was dipping bread into melted buter! God that tasted good!!!

Long after I got back into dieting I thought I'd try the bread/butter once as a treat.

It tasted good.

TOO good!

And I found myself eating it again a few more nights in a row. I had to make a conscious effort to give it up. I found myself becomming addicted all over again and a strong feeling of not being able to stop myself which was scary!

Needless to say I did stop. But it gave me a huge wake up call as to how easy it is to fall off your diet and give in. The whole "put the tiger back in the cage" thing.


Kevin

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so i have been doing the meal replacement bars ,not to bad , not that great either ,and if we have ate fast food i have been doing the grilled chicken sandwich ,also my wife bought a box(grilled chick sams ) from sams ,and i love them ,so the food is going better the soda is a non issue , i was a die hard 4 pepsi a day guy for the longest time now a couple diet pepsi a day is all for me , and just like andrew said the sugar soda's taste to sweet for me now , i started my treadmil at 5 minutes walking 5 jogging , they 4 - 6 then 3-7 now i wallk for 3 and jog for 17 then 3-7 to finish the 45 minutes when i wieghted myself the other day i was 195 today i was 196.6 so i am losing or gaining on my goal , but looking at old pics of me 175 might be a little small. i am 5'10 inches so maybe 180 would be a better goal , ,the weirdest thing is, over the years 18 ors so ,my pants have always gotten tighter , now they are borderline to big , which will be nice for dc i will actually be able to tuck my top in . keep up the good work people

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I drink the carbonated water with flavors..

I'm sure you know, but remember as you exercise more you will be gaining muscle mass. Muscle weighs more then fat and that is why at times you thin, but don't see a loss of weight..

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still on it . i am up to 2 min walking and 8 jogging for 45 minutes , and 50 pushups and about 80 crunches , 194-195 this week , i ate really bad this weekend

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Eating a load of junkfood/fatty food won't kill you so long as you don't make a habit of it.

My Wife bought me a big thing of sour ju-jubes for Valentine's Day. I scarfed them down over three days. I made a promise to myself not to buy them again until at least my Birthday in May.


I haven't done any excercise since I sprained my wrist (I don't train legs, and I hate cardio ). It's almost back to normal so I might try some light workouts on Monday or Wednesday.


Kevin

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Man you guys still doing this? I havent been to the gym in two weeks since i got home from Japan. No excused but I had sim training and work stuff for ten days solid. With that said tomorrow back to the gym and cardio for the next ten days before my next round to Asia.

I usually workout every day when I am on the road just out of boredom. But then again I eat like a little pig so I burn all the calories and only increase my strength but not drop weight.

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Wow, I got a brazilion for this?

I noticed all day yesterday my jeans were falling off me alot and my belt was needing an extra hole....not to mention that the shirt I had on was a bit looser than the first time I wore it a few weeks ago (yesterday was the 2nd)


Well, I try not to weigh myself everyday just to keep from any discouragement..so I decided to today. 209 lbs!! I havent weight that much (or less) since the late 80s. The last time I weighed myself was on 2/5, so in 18 days Ive lost 7.7 lbs...Im blown away.

All the more reason to keep it up!!


Derek

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RIP Pvt. Chris Chulamanis A14/TQ4.0.66993E7 You are missed.

Well, after a lotta lazyness I started jumping on the bandwagon.

I'm going slower than most but over the last few weeks I've been cutting down on the sodas and upping the water, cutting back on my breakfast addiction of sausage egg mcmuffins and starting to work out again. I started at a judo class last week, GOOD LORD was I out of shape I thought I was going to puke after just the warm ups. Luckily right now its only the instructor and myself so I'm not being showed up by a bunch of little kids.

I have/had very bad eating habits so I'm slowly breaking them, its rough since I tend to eat out at least once a day but its getting there so I'll be bringin up the tail end charlie side of this one.

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every little bit helps .

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FYI: I started a similar thread on my old UACM forum and I've transplanted it to the AL forum. I'm starting my jogging again soon, but I've been blasting the shit outta my biceps... Been doing curls, etc... every day for about a month. I can't remember the last time my arm's have looked this way. Still having a tough time with pushups. It's a little demotivating as the results aren't coming in as fast as my arms.

End of month two .i stepped on the scale this morning and 191.4 we need a jumping for joy emoticon. 190 is one big goal for me . then of course 175-180 . starting sunday the 22nd and ending today ,i jogged 5 days 3.65 miles in 45 min ,i did doms pushup routine 22 -15-15 with the halfsie pushups at the end ,boy you can really feel that . and about 80-100 crunches a day .still not eating the best ,but i am eating better ...

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I've been resting my wrist for the last 4 weeks. It feels nearly back to normal- I managed to go the last two days without having to wrap it with a tensor bandage while at work.

I'm going to go back to the gym on Monday- I'll take it easy so as to get a feel of how good my wrist is.

But the time off the gym and *ahem* not paying much attention to my diet has not been good to my waistline.

So today I started my diet for D-Con:

Breakfast 7am: Cream of Wheat with a tbsp of honey and a cup of coffee

11am: Bagel (dry), 1 cup 1% cottage cheese and lowfat yogourt mixture, 1 cup grapes, and bottle of water

2pm: Bistro rice and can of tuna, can of diet Pepsi

5pm: workout

7pm: wrap made with chicken breast, another can of diet pop

10pm: 3 whole eggs scrambled or as an omlette- made in the microwave

Snacks in between... just a handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips once or twice a night.


Carry on Marines! Work hard! Diet harder!

Kevin

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Sounds like a good plan to me bro...


What Im diggin' right now is...I can see my veins bulged in my fore arms...thats a new look for me:)
Plus, I tried on a shirt today that was a bit tight around the waist...it fits perfectly now!!

Derek

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I've been too depressed lately to do much of anything, let alone work out or diet more. I don't think I've gained any lately. Don't know if I posted here, but I was (and hopefully still am) down to between 245-250 lbs.

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still at 191- 192 ,just got back from marscon , the good news is when i costumed up i was able to tuck in my top ,and even needed a belt , there is no way that would have happend last year , so i am feeling pretty good about myself ... oh up to 75 pushups 100 crunches and 3-17 3- 17 running and easy walk for the last 5

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Weigh in time................


206 lbs today! That's 3 more down..

Almost there...and easier than I thought it would be..


Derek

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189.3 ,and dead sexy . BURTON I AM COMMING FOR THAT MR LV426 TITLE THIS YEAR... lol just kidding , anyway had a good week ,and i have broke 190 so i am jazzed. got 80 pushups ,and 120 situps in before my run ,,, on a side note.. derrick . what is your goal weight ? and what is your height ? i know you are taller than me . and kev, hows your wrist?

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Thanks for asking Bro- I've been meaning to post an update, but just haven't gotten around to it.


My wrist is much much better, but not quite back to normal.

Last week I did two workouts using just my warm up weights to see if my wrist could handle the movements.

No pain at all really, but my strength was down from having a month off.

So this week I went to the gym on Monday and did my chest wrokout- I tried to see just how much weight I could press (trying to see if I have any limits with my wrist). My decline bench press was down by about 20lbs less than usual... But I actually expected to be a lot weaker than that! So this was good news.

Problem is that lately my schedule at work has only allowed me to workout twice a week. And if for whatever reason I decide to skip a workout, there goes the entire week so to speak.

My motivation is down right now. I don't like to admit it. I'm feeling pretty flabby.

But now's the time to crawl back up! I gotta kick my own butt! Not ready to let that Mr. LV-426 crown go just yet!

Kevin

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Mr LV 426... sounds like a ribbon in the making...

.. drinking water is so simple and so important. I've had some joint problems of late to the point where it was bothering me from time to time .. I drank a 2 liter bottle of water in 24 hours, and it feels 100% better now. Something about the turnover of toxins.

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I hurt my wrist a year ago feb , and it makes pushing movements real tuff .. i have to do my pushups on my fists , with my wrist straight ,because when i bend my hand back i t hurts to much , it probably would have healed but i work with my hands wrenching and pushing on stuff all day every day , (((the life of a plumber )))so it may bother me forever , and that is why i stay away from weights, but i work around it . when i started out i was just running ,and avoiding the weights , but doms thread really got me turned on to the pushups and situps .... and that mrlv426 ribbon would be reaaly tuff to take from kev ,lets face it .. there are a couple of the 300 guys who might give him a run for his money ...i think if you made it most improved marine both physical and costume ,that might be cool ...

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Travis...my goal is about 185 to 190....and Im 6'2"...Im going for a good, lean look.


Derek

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RIP Pvt. Chris Chulamanis A14/TQ4.0.66993E7 You are missed.

Dude...

That's all the motivation I needed!


Kevin

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Now thats a great idea for a ribbon...good thinking Bro.


Derek

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RIP Pvt. Chris Chulamanis A14/TQ4.0.66993E7 You are missed.

I second that!!


Derek

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